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WILLIAM G. KIRCHHOFF, OF CHICAGO, ILLIKDIS, ASSIGNDR TO THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FABE-RECORDEB.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Kiscm norr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Recorders, of which the followingiis a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to recorders ad ed to make a permanent record of the cessive readings of a register and, is pa ticularly adapted for use in connection with devices of this class employed on cars used to carry passengers.

My recorder consists in the combination of printing mechanism adapted to be ad vanced to indicate any desired registration as, for example, the number of passengers carried by a car during any particular interval and in combination with such print ing mechanism, means by which the attendant or conductor may make a permanent record from the printing mechanism.

My recorder is usually employed in connection with registering mechanism capable of being reset as desired and the resetting means is so connected to the printing mechanism as to make a record at each resetting operation. The resetting handle is also adapted when moved initially from its locking to its releasing position to print a record showing the condition of the registering mechanism.

\Vhile I shall refer to the mechanism used in making the record as printing mechanism, it is to be understood that I mean to include by such term any mechanism that may be used to print, emboss, stamp or otherwise communicate to the record strip or strips the condition of the recorder and register.

Since my recorder is particularly adapted for use in connection with passenger cars and is in such connection employed in conjunction with a fare reg ster, it isshown in the accompanying specification and drawings as adapted for this use, although it is to be understood that it may be employed for any similar purpose desired.

In using my inventlon upon passenger cars, a conductor is provided with an identi- Specification utters Patent. Patgnteqi F 1 19 1918. Application filed July 9st, isle. Serial No. 573,126. Y

fication key and a connecting plug for both of which he is held responsible to the railway company and the plug is marked to correspond with the characters of the identie fication key.

My invention includes the combination of a printing bar interlocked with the resettin handle, such printing bar being adapted when actuated to print the conductors identiiication and date and the recorder number, while operation of the resetting handle in either direction serves to print the condition of the register and the trip number; suitable interlocks are provided so that the register cannot be operated unless the corn nesting plug is in place to complete the resetting train of mechanism and the intera sequence of operation that records must be made upon the strips in the recorder at the ends of the trips and that furthermore the conductors identification must he printed upon the record before he can have access to his record and release from the recorder his identification key and connect ing plug. If the conductor has omitted to insert his identification key, his connecting plug can only be released by an inspector having the required key to open the re corder. I

My invention further provides interlocking devices for. controlling the position of the identification key to prevent its release, unless the recorder has been properly actuated; feeding mechanism is also provided, adapted to advance the record strips as made uniformly and without distortion.

These and other features of my invention will appear more fully in detail in connection with the description given below of the drawings in which- Figure 1 is a face View of the recorder and register complete.

Fig. 2 is a view of the register mechanisnr with the cover plate removed and shows the mechanism employed to lock the register against actuation when the recorder printing mechanism is being operated.

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